Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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1097. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15885/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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An application was received under the Sheep Welfare Scheme from the person named on 16 January 2017.  Under the terms and condition of the scheme, applicants to the scheme are required to submit the annual Sheep Census return in accordance within the set deadlines.

In the case of this application, the Sheep Census Return for 2016 was not received within the required deadlines and thus the application for participation in the scheme was not accepted.

The applicant submitted an initial appeal on this decision to the Department.  However, this appeal was unsuccessful. A subsequent appeal to the Agriculture Appeals Office by the applicant was deemed successful and the Department were notified of the decision of the Agriculture Appeals Office in a letter dated 12th February 2018.  The application will now be processed for payment accordingly.